New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-10
A DOWNTOWN CLUB FOR LAWYERS.
QUARTERS IN THE EQUITABLE BUILDING

HANDSOME AND COMFORTABLE RooMs-THE UNDER
WRITER'S on THE FLOOR ABOVE.
For more than month o movement has been on foot
among the lawyers whose offices fill so many OF the big
hr;,dinos in lower Broadway Pine, Wall and Nassau
eta looking TO the establishment OF Lawyers Down.
Town Club According to the plans first formed, meet
inc smoking and lunch rooms were TO be leased in
some convenient central building, Trinity
church n French cook or two engaged and all the
other wants OF a down town day club. Ike the Mer-
chants Association met IN a generous way William
An Butler IT, William A. Duer, William ID. Guthrie,
Charles Henry Butler Edward l.. Montgomery, John
I McCook james w Alexander and few others
sent out prospectus such club about the end of
January and sUon secured some 400 names. Ii nas
foupd that rooms could be had in the Equitable
Building and part OF the fifth ioo facing on Pine
at was taken for ciuD purposes. The partitions
cutting the fifth floor like the other floors into Offices
were pulled down slong part OF the Pine.st wing.
and the occupation OF the rooms was set Tor May l.
The immediate of the scheme WAS not wholly
expected by those in charge, and It became clear
that there would not be room enough for club OF 400
members in the quarters engaged. The management
of the Equitable Building kindly stepped into the
breach however. and offered the new club the lease OF
the whole Pine-st wing OF the fifth floor with 'front.'
age of Dds feet on Finest and of 50 feet on Broad
way. The ne " lease was talked over and new pros
pectus setting forth the increased advantages OF the
new rooms ISSUED The membership blanks were
all returned 10 the signers to be nd0rsed again. thus
putting the change OF plan practically to vote Not
all of the members have been heard from yet. bat
enough OF them have sent in their names again to in
sure tue clubs All the partition work Ill the
southern half of the fifth floor will be taken out. One
or two small rooms will be added from the northern
side OF the building. giving the club in ALL when the
partition walls are put in, fourteen connected
rooms varying in size from coat-closet TO huge
parlor or dining hall.
the ARREST and bestl GIFTED OF all the floors The cell
ings are sixteen feet high, and the windows. with
broad sashes and clear. thick glass panes' stretch
Almost from floor TO picture -corDice. The broadway
windows LOOK out across the rbot OF the Trinity Build
ing and over the ronraed musty churchyard To the
North River and the Harbor beyond, pretty view
broken onlv by the tall brown spiro of old Trinity
The Finest buildings across the way are TOO high LOT
a view in that direction, but down toward NaSsaust'
one can the old Sub-Ireasury and the narrow,
crowded sidewalks where all is Ouste aid confusion
from till o'clock.
The eighty ieet on Broadway with four huge win
dows, and some thirty feet Pne-st., the largest
room on the floor, will be given up TO club horary.
The walls will be hidden with bookcases, and tables
and racks will be scattered about Tor pamphlets mag
azines and papers Next TO the library RAINING along
Pine-st. for fifteen twent feet will come q loung-
ingroom Smoking room and bath all OF one length
and ill ng the space back 10 the central court OF the
big building. Behind them Will be the private dining
rooms the general dinng-ro the big grill-room and
the buffers pantry APrivate dIning-room for ladies'
will be fitted up across the court. Everything VIII be
in order Tor occupancy IN May.
The club Incorporated on Tuesday. The trus-
tees for the first wear are William Allen Butler, IT,,
William A. Duer. W. ID. Guthrie, Charles Henry
Butler, E. L. Montgomery John j. McCook, James
McKeen. James w. Alexander and George C. Holt
I
| +. Shepard, Governor Robert s. Green, OF New
Jersey Algernon s. Sullivan, General Wager
Swayne, eX Judge Hooper c. Van Worst United
States Dstrict-A ttorney Stephen 4. Walker, Buch
anan Winthrop William Allen Butler, General I. ii.
Hubbard, Henry NJ. Alexander. {; b. Alexander.
Henry A. Alexander, John NJ. Scrbner, Osborne T.
Bright, J. Adriance Bush, John hoffman, W. 5.
Carter. W. II. Homblover, cx-SurrOglte Calvin,
Julien T. Dawes. Sherburne u. Eaton +. l. Garretts
Leslie W. Russell, +. MacLean ". B. Crosby. w.
a. O. Hegeman Walter Edwards, Robert SeEcl, i.
+. Bristow. George w. Cotcri Robert J. Fowler,
Austin Abbott, &. V. V. BALDWIN George q. DE
Wit, jr., James Byren, C. A. Hughes and among
those not lawyers Levi Z. Morton, George Bliss,
Samuel Borrowcs Augustus Kountze. Arson P.StOkcs
Luther Kounize and Warren Smith
a part of the sixth floor of the Equitable building
has been leased by Underwriters Club Like the
lawyers. the insurance. men will have library and
reading-room, meeting room, pubic ana private
dining rooms. smoking room and reception room.
The kitchen OF the restaurant down stairs Will be used
by the club The celebrated Waiford Library, of the
Equitable Society VIII be put in tie big on the
corner OF Pne-st. and Broadway. IL ~ made up OF
the many valuable books on insurance. 100 in All.
collected by the society the foundation OF the
Walford Library from the LONDON Institute OF
Actuaries. The club has already large mem bership.
Occupancy OF its quarters, which will be ready
in Nav cannot fail TO increase it, The members OF
the Executive Committee A. NJ. Kirby. james A.
Silvey, Thomas +. Goodrich George l. Patterson, u,
Samuel Borrowe, GeorPe VI. Colt. w. j. Comes. H. r.
Bedd-n. ID. A. Heald Il. {. Rathbone, w. NJ 1t.
John. Hugo Schumann, y. a. Rowcn, y. W. Meserole
and W. ii. Crolius.